Telegram-herald., 1887-12-09

MARRYING b-af
1ieatsarsy S bseta~r termed sharply on Shs
spesker II So -" ae answered
he feaiy Ea h1ye sezkea sonse r.en.
TIE is~ysr stood o. his gro2ad firmly as
egeF.
= believe ! sm ssat he lesasaed. sln
statlag isst as ior1shiYs iacsHs i nog aaars
t4sn - -sn< - 81 pelt - st&tsoa IN iigs.
also ttsst 4 i sn illcosas derived slsnost en-
tifsly from izased property IL ifelaad. every
acre Ct ~hlck X sal2iissr
AeatbGrF5's hrotksr laal.e sign. admitting
that as hAd 40 objsc:lsa 70 offsr Sc far.
.'if bis lsrs.ship dies frst. tAs lawyer prs-
cse&si. Il have besn Informed that the only
provision hs can faaks tor his wiao~ con-
ssts ia = rent charge o. fbs property Of no
more thsn 4tee year. Ills retiring pension
and allowance IL D. wsll known, de with
him. -Four huadged year Is therefore al
that hs can leave te the countess, il he leaves
her a widow"
-Four hundred . see. is not sii, was the
rely - this Ny brolhsr has insured ans
lie fer fl0.05 and he has settled the whole
o, it on the countess, ia the event Of his
death"
This announcement pfoduoed a strong SEN
sstion. Men looked az each other and re-
peated the thres startling words, Ten thou
sand pounds." Driven fairly 10 the wall. TIE
lawyer made = last effort 10 defend his posi-
ton.
May l ask who made that settlement a
condition OF the msrriagef" be said Surely
il was not the countess herselff
Henry Westrick answered. ut was the
countess. brother" and added, (which comes
TO the same thing.
After that there was no more TO be said-
so long, ar least, as MontbaIry's brother was
present The talk flowed into other channels,
and the doctor went home
But bis morbid curiosity about tue countess
was not set at rest yet In his leisure mo-
ments he found himself wondering whether
Lord Montbarry's family would succeed in
stopping the marriage after all. And more
than this, he was conscious OF growing de-
sire 10 see the infatuated man himself Every
day, during the brief interval before the
wedding. he looked in at the club On the
chance Of hearing some news. Nothing had
! happened, so FAR the club knew The
! countess position Was secure; Montharry's 3
resolution 10 lie her husband was mistaken
| They wero TO be married in the chapel az
| Spanish place. So much the doctor discovered
about tbem-ard no more.
| On the day of the wedding after feeble
struggle with himself, he actually sacrificed
his patients and their guineas and slipped
away secretly 10 see the marriage To the
end OF his life he was angry with anybody
who reminded him OF what he had done on
| that dayi
The wedding was strictly private A clo~,
carriage stood at the church door; a few
| people, mostly of the lower class, and mostly
of the building. Here and there Dir. Wy
| brow detected the faces OF some Of his bre, b.
rem OF the club, attracted by curiosity. like
himself. Four persons only stood before the
altar-the bride and bridegroom and their two
witnesses. One OF these last was faded
looking woman, who might have been the
countess companion or maid; the other was
undoubtedly her brother, Baron R.var The
bridal party the bride herself included wore
their ordinary morning costume. Lord
] Montbairy, personally viewed, was a middle
aged military man OF the ordinary type
nothing in the least remarkable distinguished
him either in face or figure. Baron Rivar
| again, in his way, was another conventional
representative OF another we'll known type
One sees his finely pointed mustache, hi,
bold eyes, lis crisply curling hair, and hi:
dreds OF times over on the boulevards oi
Paris The only noteworthy point about him
was OF the negative sort He was not in the
least like his sister. Even the officiating
priest was only a harmless humble lookin;
old man, who went through his duties re
signedly, aud felt visible rheumatic diffi
culties every time he bent his knees. I'll,
one remarkable person, the countess herself
only raised her veil at the beginning o
the ceremony, and presented nothing
in her plain dress that was worth
second look Never, on the face OF IL. wa
there less interesting and less romantic mar
riage than this From time to time the doc
tor glanced round at tie door on up at TIT
galleries, vaguely anticipating the appear
ance of some protecting stranger, i'm posses
sion of some terrible secret, commissione,
TO forbid the progress OF the service. Moth
ing in the shape of an event occurred-noth
ing extraordinary. nothing dramatic. Boun'
fast together as man and wife, the two dis
appeared, followed by their witnesses. TO sigl
the registers: and still Dr.. Wybrow waited
| and still be cherished the obstinate bope tia
something worth seeing must certainly hap
pen yet
The interval passed. and the married cou
pie returning 20 the church, walked togethe
down the nave 10 the door. DIR. Wybro,
drew back rs they approached To his cor
fusion and surprise, the countess discovere
him. lie beard her say TO her husband
| @Cae moment, | see n friend Lord Mon
barry bowed and waited. She stepped up {
| the doctor. took his band, and wrung
hard he felt her oveipowering black eye
looking at hip,> through her VET. "One sts
more. YOU see, on the way to the endl" 81
whispered those strange words. and returns
to her husband Before the doctor could T
cover himself and follow her, Lord and Lad
; Montbsrry bad stepped into their earring
and had driven away.
: Outside the church door stood the three
four members of the club. who, like ID
! Wybrow, had watched the ceremony out
: curiosity Near them was the brides brothe
r waiting alone He was evidently bent {
seeing the man whom his sister bad spok'
5 70, in broad daylight. His bold eyes rest
e on the doctors face with a momentary ia
; OF sxspicion in them. The cloud sudden
n cleared away; the baron smiled with char
y iug courtesy. lifted his bat TO bis sistei
n friend. and walked OF
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